Milk-can-washing tank and water heater



Oct. 5 1926.

S. WIGHTMAN MILK CAN WASHING TANK AND WATER HEATER origi Filed April 24 A'ITORN EY Patented Oct. 5, 1926.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SAM WIGHTMAN, OF BRAYMER, MISSOURI.

Application filed April 24, 1925, Serial No. 25,699. Renewed August 16, 1926.

My invention is a milk can washing tank and water heater and its principal object is to provide a milk can washing tank in combination with the water heater for heating water to be used in testing cream.

A further object of the invention is to provide the combined washing tank and water heater wherein the heater is adjustable toward or away from the burner so that the water will be heated to the desired degree.

Still another object of the invention is to provide a device of this character which can be kept in a clean and sanitary condition at all times and will support the water heater at a convenient point on the tank for use.

With the preceding and other objects and advantages in mind, the invention consists in the novel combination of elements, construction, arrangement of parts and operations, to be hereinafter specifically referred to, claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a perspective of a combination water heater and milk can washing tank.

Figure 2 is a detail sectional view on line 22 of Figure 1.

Referring to the drawings in detail wherein corresponding characters of reference denote corresponding parts throughout the several views, the numeral 5 designates a rectangular frame to which a sheet metal water or washing tank semi-circular in cross section is attached. Legs 11 are provided for supporting the frame 5 and are braced by means of transverse brace members 11 and angular brace elements 12.

For the purpose of heating water to be utilized in testing cream, I provide a relatively small tank or pan 15, one end of which is formed with a longitudinally extending transversely curved flange 16. A metallic plate 17 is secured to one end of the frame 5 and extends the entire length thereof and is adapted to interlockingly engage the fiange 16. It will be apparent that the provision of these flanges permit the tank or pan 16 to be adjusted transversely of the frame 5. A heating coil is designated at 20 and extending therefrom a pair of parallel tubes 21 whose ends extend upwardly adjacent one end of the tank 15 and one of which has communication with the bottom of the pan or tank 15 while the other has communication with one of the side Walls thereof.

Mounted upon one of the legs 11 is a bracket 25 which supports a tank 26 and leading from this tank is a feed pipe 27 that underlies the tank 10 and extends longitudinally thereof. A conventional liquid fuel burner 28 is mounted upon this feed pipe 27 and is adapted to heat the coil 20. As shown in the drawings, this coil overlies the burner and the former can be positioned to one side or the other to' heat the contents of the tank 10 and this movement can be accomplished by simply moving the tank transversely of the frame 5 as above set forth.

By this arrangement the water passing through one of the legs 21 is heated by passing through the coil 20 and is thence circulated back to the tank 15 by the other leg. It will be observed that with my invention it is only necessary to employ one burner 28 for heating the water in the small pan or tank 15 and the main tank 10.

While I have shown and described the preferred embodiment of the invention, I desire to have it understood that such changes may be made in the form, construction, arrangement of parts and operations, as will not depart from the spirit of the invention or the scope .of the subjoined claim.

What is claimed is A device of the character described comprising a support, a tank carried thereby, a burner disposed below said tank, a receptacle mounted on one end of said support for horizontal adjustable movement, a heating coil, circulating tubes formed with and extending from said heating coil and being connected and in communication with the receptacle, said coil being adapted to be positioned over the burner or at various adjusted positions adjacent the same, and such adjustment of the coil being accomplished by the movement of the receptacle horizontally which moves the tubes accordingly:

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

' SAM WIGHTMAN. 

